Google brings turn-by-turn navigation to Maps in Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - Ben Grubb - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Google Australia today switched on turn-by-turn navigation for users running Google's smartphone operating system, Android. Google Maps Navigation is a ...

Do dedicated GPS devices have a future?

CNN International - Amy Gahran - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant ...

Smartphones May Cannibalize GPS Systems

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
The cannibalization of GPS systems by smartphones has been discussed for years now, but the death knell may have hit its strongest note yet. ...

Smartphone Sales Taking Toll on GPS Devices

New York Times - Kevin J. O'Brien - ‎Nov 14, 2010‎
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN BERLIN â€" The auto navigation device, a fixture of dashboards around the world for the past seven years, may soon begin to disappear, ...

Google Maps Navigation Hits Android Phones in Australia and New Zealand

Softpedia - 18 Nov, 2010
A new, appealing service was made available this week for the Android phone owners, in Australia or New Zealand, namely Google Maps Navigation. ...

Smartphones Eat Into In Dash Navigation Sales

ChannelNews - Marie Jones - 18 Nov, 2010
Indash navigation devices and GPS systems used in cars around the world are set to suffer a decline in sales after ...

Google launches Google Maps Navigation service in Australia, New Zealand

Green Light - Jason Martin - 18 Nov, 2010
Google has released the Google Map Navigation Service in Australia and Newlands. Now, Android users in both countries can use the Google ...

Google launches Android navigation in Australia

SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - 18 Nov, 2010
Internet search giant Google has launched turn-by-turn navigation capabilities for Australian Android users, with the company launching the product at its ...

Smartphones May Eat PND Lunch

GPS World magazine - 18 Nov, 2010
Berg Insight, a Swedish market research company, has published a report predicting that worldwide sales of GPS-enabled personal navigation devices will peak ...

Google Maps Navigation now available in Australia and New Zealand

Downloadsquad - 18 Nov, 2010
by Vlad Bobleanta (RSS feed) Nov 17th 2010 at 3:30PM Maps Navigation is integrated with Google Search and even Google Voice Search -- meaning that you don't ...

Google Maps Navigation Comes to Australia and New Zealand

Phandroid.com - Quentyn Kennemer - 18 Nov, 2010
Those of you in the land down under can finally get your navigation fix on your Android phones as Google's ...

Google Maps Navigation live in Australia and New Zealand

Androinica - Andrew Kameka - 18 Nov, 2010
For the first time, Google Maps Navigation covers an entire continent. Google has announced that Android users in Australia can now navigate their streets ...

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Voice-Guided Maps Hits Australia

Stock Briefings - Michel Pena - 18 Nov, 2010
The customers of Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)'s smart phone operating system, Android, can now enjoy the turn-by-turn navigation feature in Google Inc. ...

Google Maps Improves Directions Interface & Adds Navigation To Australia

Search Engine Land - Barry Schwartz - 18 Nov, 2010
The new user interface for directions is aimed at making it easier to understand requesting those directions and then following them. ...

Google adds turn-by-turn navigation for Android users

PC Authority - William Maher - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Often using your phone for navigating unfamiliar streets? Google has a new feature that's worth looking at A key feature of ...

Google Maps Rolls Out Turn-By-Turn Directions For Android

Lifehacker Australia - Angus Kidman - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Google has finally added turn-by-turn directions to its Android mobile maps application in Australia, ...

Check Out Google Navigation On Your Android Device Today

Gizmodo Australia - Nick Broughall - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
We knew it was coming this week, but Google today switched on Navigation for Android devices in Australia ...

Oz Gets Free Navigation From Google

ChannelNews - Mendelson Tiu - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Google has announced that its free turn-by-turn navigation application is now available in Australia. ...

Google Maps Navigation now live in Australia

Good Gear Guide - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Initially launched in November 2009 in the US and then April 2010 in the UK, Google Maps Navigation is a free service that uses a phone or tablet Internet ...

Handheld GPS Systems take a Hit as Smartphones Thrive

World Market Media (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
The widespread embrace of smartphones is presenting itself as a huge threat for GPS navigation devices, a new report from the industry research firm Berg ...

Aussie Androids get turn-by-turn navigation

ZDNet Australia - Luke Hopewell - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Search and software giant Google today launched Google Maps Navigation in Australia and New Zealand, giving Android drivers and pedestrians turn-by-turn ...

Berg: dedicated GPS devices will peak in 2011

TelecomEngine - Chris Snow - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight (Gothenburg, Sweden), global shipments of Personal Navigation Devices ...

Google Street View: catch my data if you can!

Lexology (registration) - Annabelle Richard - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from ...

Smartphones Stealing Market Share from Digital Camera Manufacturers

TMCnet - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor The recent influx of smartphones and other Web-enabled mobile devices has made a number of once-popular gadgets nearly ...

Will Smartphones Kill Off GPS Navigation Devices?

TMCnet - Beecher Tuttle - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
The widespread adoption of smartphones is soon to spell the end for GPS navigation devices, according to a new report from the industry ...

GPS Devices on the Verge of Extinction?

Wiki Peers - Austin Britz - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Traditional GPS devices or the navigation devices are in a deliberate danger of getting out of production. Launched almost seven years back, ...

Navigation devices to disappear in favour of smartphones

Techlogg.com - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
It's as inevitable as night following day that standalone navigational devices will disappear from the market. With every almost every smartphone released ...

Smartphones Send Navigation Device Sales in the Wrong Direction

DailyFinance - Danny King - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
Sales of personal navigation devices will start to decline next year because of competition from ...

GPS-enabled smartphones putting squeeze on GPS makers

Ars Technica - Jacqui Cheng - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
That was the exchange I had while renting a car recently (right after I declined an upgrade to a ...

Smartphones Fixing to Put GPS Devices, Digital Cameras Out of Work (GOOG, AAPL ...

StreetInsider.com (subscription) (blog) - ‎Nov 15, 2010‎
With Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) essentially giving away the technology for free, Swedish research company Berg Insight sees the peak of ...

 

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